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Ms. Kim’s 3 rd Grade Class Welcome to Back to School Night!

Agenda  Teacher Introduction  Classroom Expectations  Schedule  Nine Week Plans  Math Grouping  Homework  40 Book Challenge  Useful Websites  Grading  Retakes  Vacations  General Classroom Information  Volunteers  Contact Information  Questions

A Little Bit About Me…  I graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and a Master’s in the Arts of Teaching.  This is my second year teaching at Pinebrook.  I love to cook, bake, scrapbook, and spend time with my family.

Classroom Expectations  Students arrive promptly, unpack, and begin morning work.  Students are to stay on task and not disrupt the learning process.  Students are to be respectful, responsible, and ready. Students will copy their homework in their agenda at the beginning of the day and hand in completed homework in a timely manner Incomplete homework will be done during recess. Dojo Points, P.A.W.S (Individual Students) Bravo Board (Table Groups) Star Jar, Tally Chart (Whole Class) P.A.W.S Think Sheet--filled out in class and sent home for parent signature. (example in packet)

Class Schedule *Located on the Pinebrook website

The First Nine Weeks MATH  Geometry  Place Value  Rounding Numbers  Addition & Subtraction (inverse relationships)  Temperature and Calendar  Money SCIENCE  Scientific Investigation  Matter  Natural Cycles (Sun, Earth, Moon)

The First Nine Weeks (cont’d.) SOCIAL STUDIES  Government  Famous Americans ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS  Effective Communication Skills  Word Analysis Skills  Reading Strategies (fiction/non-fiction)  Demonstrate Comprehension of Fiction  Descriptive Paragraphs (Personal Narratives)

Math Grouping  Differentiated—classes switch  ALL students’ are taught the same content, but activities/content are delivered according to individual needs.  Meets needs of all students.  Meeting increased demands of SOL test.  Fall and Spring pre- assessments for re- placement

Homework  Students will receive approximately 30 minutes of homework every night.  Word Study/Grammar and Math will be every night.  In addition students are expected to read 20 minutes every night.  Students are expected to use their agendas daily.  Parental supervision of agenda use is strongly encouraged.

The 40 Book Challenge  Students read at least 40 books within different genres  They can choose any book to read within the genres  Students may only use 1 book from a particular series. Ex. They cannot count more than 2 A-Z Mystery books as 2 of their fiction books.  Only 2 picture books.  Any book that a student reads that has more than 350 pages counts as 2 books.  Goal- to instill the love of reading and to get students reading different types of books- this is not a race or competition  How- Everyday, students read at least minutes independently at school and at night, students read at least 20 minutes at home. These all get recorded in their daily reading log. Once they complete a book, they will record it on the chart (in school).  At the end of the year, we will celebrate everyone’s success

Useful Websites  Reflexmath.com  Dreambox.com  Username: ykim

Grading Teachers will use the following grading scale for student work: 4– Consistently goes beyond established goals for achievement/contributions or explains & justifies reasoning behind an answer  - Consistently transfers, applies, and expands skills  - Routinely applies problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the curriculum  - Consistently shows originality, creativity, and intuitive thinking beyond standard expectations 3– Meets established goal for achievement  -Demonstrates all required knowledge of content area  - Frequently transfers, applies and expands skills  - Periodically demonstrates originality, creativity, and intuitive thinking  3 + : applies some of the “4” expectations

Grading 2– Demonstrates partial knowledge of established goal for achievement, but is progressing toward complete knowledge of standard  - Infrequently transfers, applies and expands skills  - Progressing toward expressing original, creative and intuitive thinking  - Rarely applies problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the curriculum  2+ : applies some of the “3” expectations 1-Has difficulty/does not meet established grade-level goals for achievement and expectations  - Requires support to meet established goal for achievement  -Seldom or never understands, transfers, or applies skills  - Does not apply problem-solving and critical-thinking skills across areas of the curriculum  - Rarely shows originality, creativity, or intuitive-thinking skills in completing assignments  1+ : applies some of the “2” expectations

How I Grade  Formative Assessments: -Ongoing -Check for understanding -Highest score is a 3  Summative Assessments -Quizzes and Tests -2 level 4 questions -Getting all questions right earns a score of 4 -Getting one of level 4 questions earns a 3+

Retakes on Summative Tests  Students will be permitted to retake a summative assessment if they received a score lower than a “3”  The highest score a student can earn on a retake is a 2+

Vacations If you are planning on taking a vacation that will be more than 3 days, you must Mr. Thiessen to have them approved. Early Dismissal- 2:15 is the cut-off time to change any last minute dismissal routines. After 2:15, it cannot be changed. Form on Pinebrook website

General Classroom Information  Classroom blog    Remind 101

General Information  Scholastic Book Orders   Amazon Wishlist Class page on Pinebrook website Math class

Volunteers!  Signupgenius.com – pw: RM27  working with students in classroom (fluency, math groups), at home work (cutting), Thursday Folders

Contact Information  Please feel free to contact me via:  Notes sent in with your child  s 

Questions

Thank you for coming! I look forward to a great year!